nationalized

Taken by government

Nationalized describes something that has been brought under government ownership or control, typically an industry or company that was previously private: The oil fields were nationalized after the revolution.

The term often appears in discussions of economic policy, where nationalized industries contrast with privatized ones.

In American English, nationalized can also mean made national in character or scope.

economy

state-owned

Belonging to government

mixed economy · socialism · collectivism · statism · redistribution · public ownership · government control · monopoly · subsidized · regulation

expropriation

confiscation

Seizure by authority

requisition · dispossession · eminent domain · compensation · property rights · land reform · commandeered · impounded · repossessed · annexation

services

utilities

Essential infrastructure services

telecommunications · postal service · airlines · energy sector · broadcasting · public transport · infrastructure · education · mining · steel industry

politics

government policy

Official course of action

ideology · partisanship · democracy · statecraft · governance · political control · public mandate · reform · decolonization · independence movement

citizenship

naturalized

Given citizenship status

immigration · belonging · assimilation · homeland · residency · dual citizenship · oath of citizenship

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ownership/control

nationalizedprivatized

Transferred to non-government ownership

private · privately held · investor-owned · deregulated · entrepreneurial

direction of transfer

nationalizedprivatized

Transferred to non-government ownership

denationalized · reprivatized · sold off · divested · deregulated

Family

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